The Academy Awards Season 78 Episode 1

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Capote ("Truman Capote")

• Terrence Howard -- Hustle & Flow ("DJay")

• Heath Ledger -- Brokeback Mountain ("Ennis Del Mar")

• Joaquin Phoenix -- Walk the Line ("John R. Cash")

• David Strathairn -- Good Night, and Good Luck. ("Edward R. Murrow")



ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• George Clooney -- Syriana ("Bob Barnes")

• Matt Dillon -- Crash ("Officer Ryan")

• Paul Giamatti -- Cinderella Man ("Joe Gould")

• Jake Gyllenhaal -- Brokeback Mountain ("Jack Twist")

• William Hurt -- A History of Violence ("Richie Cusack")



ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Judi Dench -- Mrs. Henderson Presents ("Mrs. Laura Henderson")

• Felicity Huffman -- Transamerica ("Bree")

• Keira Knightley -- Pride & Prejudice ("Elizabeth Bennet")

• Charlize Theron -- North Country ("Josey Aimes")

• Reese Witherspoon -- Walk the Line ("June Carter")



ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Amy Adams -- Junebug ("Ashley")

• Catherine Keener -- Capote ("Nelle Harper Lee")

• Frances McDormand -- North Country ("Glory")

• Rachel Weisz -- The Constant Gardener ("Tessa Quayle")

• Michelle Williams -- Brokeback Mountain ("Alma")



ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• Howl's Moving Castle -- Hayao Miyazaki

• Tim Burton's Corpse Bride -- Mike Johnson and Tim Burton

• Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit -- Nick Park and Steve Box



ART DIRECTION

• Good Night, and Good Luck. -- Art Direction: Jim Bissell; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -- Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan

• King Kong -- Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright

• Memoirs of a Geisha -- Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau

• Pride & Prejudice -- Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer



CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Batman Begins -- Wally Pfister

• Brokeback Mountain -- Rodrigo Prieto

• Good Night, and Good Luck. -- Robert Elswit

• Memoirs of a Geisha -- Dion Beebe

• The New World -- Emmanuel Lubezki



COSTUME DESIGN

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -- Gabriella Pescucci

• Memoirs of a Geisha -- Colleen Atwood

• Mrs. Henderson Presents -- Sandy Powell

• Pride & Prejudice -- Jacqueline Durran

• Walk the Line -- Arianne Phillips



DIRECTING

• Brokeback Mountain -- Ang Lee

• Capote -- Bennett Miller

• Crash -- Paul Haggis

• Good Night, and Good Luck. -- George Clooney

• Munich -- Steven Spielberg



DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• Darwin's Nightmare -- Hubert Sauper

• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room -- Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot

• March of the Penguins -- Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau

• Murderball -- Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro

Street Fight -- Marshall Curry



DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club -- Dan Krauss

• God Sleeps in Rwanda -- Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman

• The Mushroom Club -- Steven Okazaki

• A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin -- Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson



FILM EDITING

• Cinderella Man -- Mike Hill and Dan Hanley

• The Constant Gardener -- Claire Simpson

• Crash -- Hughes Winborne

• Munich -- Michael Kahn

• Walk the Line -- Michael McCusker



FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Don't Tell -- Italy

• Joyeux Noël -- France

• Paradise Now -- The Palestinian Territories

• Sophie Scholl - The Final Days -- Germany

• Tsotsi -- South Africa



MAKEUP

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- Howard Berger and Tami Lane

• Cinderella Man -- David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson

• Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith -- Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley



MUSIC (Original Score)

• Brokeback Mountain -- Gustavo Santaolalla

• The Constant Gardener -- Alberto Iglesias

• Memoirs of a Geisha -- John Williams

• Munich -- John Williams

• Pride & Prejudice -- Dario Marianelli



MUSIC (Original Song)

• "In the Deep" from Crash -- Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker; Lyric by Kathleen "Bird" York

• "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow -- Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard

• "Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica -- Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton



BEST PICTURE

• Brokeback Mountain -- Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers

• Capote -- Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers

• Crash -- Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers

• Good Night, and Good Luck. -- Grant Heslov, Producer

• Munich -- Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers



SHORT FILM (Animated)

• Badgered -- Sharon Colman

• The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation -- John Canemaker and Peggy Stern

• The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello -- Anthony Lucas

• 9 -- Shane Acker

• One Man Band -- Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews



SHORT FILM (Live Action)

• Ausreisser (The Runaway) -- Ulrike Grote

• Cashback -- Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager

• The Last Farm -- Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson

• Our Time Is Up -- Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente

• Six Shooter -- Martin McDonagh



SOUND EDITING

• King Kong -- Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn

• Memoirs of a Geisha -- Wylie Stateman

• War of the Worlds -- Richard King



SOUND MIXING

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson

• King Kong -- Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek

• Memoirs of a Geisha -- Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett

• Walk the Line -- Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland

• War of the Worlds -- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins



VISUAL EFFECTS

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar

• King Kong -- Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor

• War of the Worlds -- Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick



WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)

• Brokeback Mountain -- Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana

• Capote -- Screenplay by Dan Futterman

• The Constant Gardener -- Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine

• A History of Violence -- Screenplay by Josh Olson

• Munich -- Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth



WRITING (Original Screenplay)

• Crash -- Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis

• Good Night, and Good Luck. -- Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov

• Match Point -- Written by Woody Allen

• The Squid and the Whale -- Written by Noah Baumbach

• Syriana -- Written by Stephen Gaghan



HONORARY AWARD

• To Robert Altman in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike.



GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

• Gary Demos